carpetbagger
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“People do worry about a top-down approach,” Hernandez added, lamenting the L.A. carpetbagger attitude of “‘we know what we’re doing, we don’t need your input.’
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 8, 2022
St. John is a Christian speaker and home schooling advocate who has feuded with Kent, a decorated Army Ranger combat veteran, calling him a carpetbagger with few ties to the 3rd District.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 28, 2022
Massachusetts native Robert F. Kennedy faced carpetbagger complaints when he ran for the Senate in New York in 1964.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 18, 2022
Chris Boyle, the campaign’s communications director, portrayed Mr. Gershon as an inexperienced elitist and a carpetbagger.
From New York Times ● Oct. 15, 2018
Those dark days of the Reconstruction period rapidly followed the horrors of civil war, and the reign of the carpetbagger began, goading the people to desperation.
From Ku Klux Klan Its Origin, Growth and Disbandment by J. C. Lester
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The American Civil War
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American History - Middle School
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